{"id":1187,"date":"2018-12-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2018\/12\/30\/norwegian-nutraceutical-manufacturer-pharmatech-obtains-friend-of-the-sea-certification-for-fish-oil-and-omega-3\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:32:35","slug":"norwegian-nutraceutical-manufacturer-pharmatech-obtains-friend-of-the-sea-certification-for-fish-oil-and-omega-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/norwegian-nutraceutical-manufacturer-pharmatech-obtains-friend-of-the-sea-certification-for-fish-oil-and-omega-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian nutraceutical manufacturer Pharmatech obtains Friend of the Sea certification for fish oil and Omega 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Friend of the Sea standard for sustainable fish feed, fishmeal, fish oil and Omega-3 certifies that the oil originates only from fisheries compliant with Friend of the Sea sustainable fishing requirements and that chain of custody is in place. The audit covered the three processing plants in Fredrikstad, Norway, where the company is located since 1987.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur customers, and in particular the Asian market, are increasingly demanding traceable, reliable and environmentally sound products\u201d commented Terje Myrvold, Sales Director at Pharmatech AS. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We acknowledge the importance to move our production towards a more environmentally sustainable approach\u201d added Markus Lund, Business Director at Pharmatech AS. \u201cFriend of the Sea is the international sustainability label of reference for omega 3 products.\u201d <br \/> \u201cPharmatech products certification consolidates Friend of the Sea\u2019s presence in Norway and Scandinavia. International customers will be able to express their engagement to preserving the marine habitat by choosing Pharmatech products,\u201d said Friend of the Sea director Paolo Bray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwegian nutraceutical manufacturer\u00a0Pharmatech AS, a major producer of nutraceutical and dietary products in Europe,\u00a0has achieved Friend of the Sea certification for marine raw materials used in liquid, powder and softgelatin formulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}